Art has always been a big part of my life, and Tate Liverpool is one of those places that helped inspire my creative side.

Growing up close to Liverpool meant I was lucky enough to have some amazing museums and galleries practically on my doorstep. Visiting Tate Liverpool when I was younger opened my eyes to different styles of art and showed me that creativity doesn’t always have to follow rules.

I remember walking around the exhibitions and looking at pieces that were completely different from anything I’d seen before. Some I understood straight away, while others made me stop, think and wonder what the artist was trying to say.

That is one of the things I love about art — everyone can see something different.

My visits to galleries like Tate Liverpool became part of the inspiration behind my own creative journey. That interest eventually led me towards studying Promotional Design and Visual Merchandising at university.

Looking back now, I can see how those early days of visiting galleries, museums and exhibitions influenced me more than I probably realised at the time.

They taught me to notice colours, shapes, displays, spaces and all the little details around me. Those are things that later became really important when I started learning about visual merchandising and design.

Even now, I love being creative, whether that’s through photography, making things, designing cards or simply finding inspiration while travelling.

Tate Liverpool isn’t just an art gallery to me.

It’s part of the story of where my creative journey began. ❤️

Sometimes the places we visit when we’re young stay with us much longer than we ever expect.

And for me, Tate Liverpool is one of those places.

Megan x

Tate is an institution that houses the UK national collection of British art and international modern and contemporary art.

When Tate first opened its doors to the public in 1897 it had just one site, displaying a small collection of British artworks. Today Tate has four major sites and the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art, which includes nearly 70,000 artworks. A number of new developments are planned for Tate Modern, Tate Britain and Tate St Ives to ensure the galleries continue to expand.

Tate came to Liverpool when Alan Bowness, the director of Tate at the time, decided to create a Tate of the northwest. As the project become known he decided it would be a gallery with distinct identity which would show modern art and encourage a younger audience to art within their education program. However, today the gallery is used by many people who love contemporary art.

 Tate Liverpool hosts many different art work from many different types are of artist.

The lasted art exhibition is Andy Warhol at Tate Liverpool, which I found related to the project at uni. I found his work interesting, it given me insight of mix-media and other different techniques.